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Chancellor search delayed a month Activity fee to rise $7O for OSAF Liana Wyler THE CHRONICLE

people.... The same is true of some of the people on campus they need to meet,” Pres-

The search for a new Duke University Health System Chancellor of Health Affairs continues, as scheduling conflicts between the candidates and the search committee members delay the decision process. Originally slated for the end of March, the announcement of whom will replace current Chancellor of Health Affairs Dr. Ralph Snyderman has been pushed back to April. “[The projected announcement date] didn’t take into account the fact that the candidates for a job like this are very busy

ident Nan Keohane said. “So it’s been hard to work out schedules for the interview.” Jeff Molter, director of medical center news services, said a date for the announcement has not yet been set. “We’re getting close to a CEO announcement and we don’t know when that’s going to happen for at least a little bit longer,” he said. Although the date for when the announcement will take place is not known, Senior Vice President ofPublic Affairs and Government Relations John Burness said

he expects the search committee to reach a decision in less than a month. “Because of the schedules of candidates and those interviewing them, we will not be able to reach a March deadline—we’re talking about mid-April at the latest,” Burness said. “It was just a thing of scheduling... [The announcement deadline] was always tentative.” Keohane said a new chancellor will definitely be announced before the end of the spring semester, which provides for a slightly longer time table than mid-April. SEE SEARCH ON PAGE 8

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Women breeze into 2nd round Paul Crowley THE CHRONICLE

The regular season is cast aside as head into the NCAA Basketball Tournament. A team with a .500 record can advance; an undefeated squad can be sent packing. The only things left over from the regular season come tournament time are the habits formed by a team. Luckily for Duke, its women’s basketball team is in the habit of beating Northwestern State by 52 points, and the Blue Devils drubbed the Lady Demons for the second time this year, defeating an overmatched squad 103-51. “Obviously, Duke is 52 points better than us,” Northwestern State head coach James Smith said. “We played them twice, and it was almost the identical score. I have some gift of gab, but myself and Billy Graham could not have convinced our players that we could have come here and won.” The win, an echo of Duke’s Dec. 20 105-53 win against the same squad, featured stifling defense and significant scoring contributions from the bench. “I was very pleased with our play; I was very pleased with our defense,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I thought in the second half our offense really got rolling with our inside-outside attack and sharing the ball.” Duke got rolling early, scoring the game’s first 14 points and holding NSU scoreless for more than six minutes at the start of the game. The Blue Devil offense was simply too much for the Lady Demons; the first four field goals of the game were scored by four different Duke starters. This continued throughout the game, as Goestenkors’ squad had eight players with eight or more points. The scorers were led by reserve Jessica Foley, who logged 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting, as well as five rebounds, kiss Tillis had 17 and 11, while Alana Beard had only eight points, but contributed nine assists, eight rebounds and three steals. teams

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Moneta bypasses DSG, as rise in mandatory

student fees reach $lOO by

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Vice President ofStudentAffairs Larry Moneta has decided to implement a $lOO increase in mandatory programming fees for undergraduates beginning next fall, defying precedent and drawing criticism from student leaders. Moneta explained the fee hike to Campus Council Thursday night as a necessary measure to provide adequate funding for student resources and programming on campus. Of the total increase; $3O will be added to quadrangle fees in order to create permanent funding for activities that are currently grantbased and $7O will be added to the student activities fee to fund a restructuring of the Office ofStudent Activities and Facilities, he said. The student activities fee increase comes as the greatest surprise, because until now raises in that fee, which is split between Duke Student Government and the Duke University Union, could only come via a DSG referendum. The most recent referenda were just last spring, when undergraduates voted to raise the entire fee from $l2B to $167, adding SEE ACTIVITY FEE ON PAGE 8

Female student reports sexual assualt in forest

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Senior Alana Beard led the Blue Devils to a 52-point victory over NSU.

From staff reports A female student said she was sexually assaulted Friday night between 10:30 and 11 p.m. in a wooded area near West Campus. The victim was walking by herself when she was attacked from behind by an unknown assailant. After the assault she returned to her apartment, whereupon her friends notified the Duke University Police Department about the incident. The victim was taken to the Duke University Medical Center and was treated and released. The DUPD did not release a suspect description. The incident is the third such report of sexual assault on campus since 2002. The other reported assaults took place at Wannamaker Dormitory and Randolph Dormitory bathrooms.

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Spain takes new approach to U.S. by

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MADRID, Spain Spain’s newly elected Socialist prime minister has embarked on a two-track approach toward the United States, portraying himself as a reliable ally even while railing against President George W. Bush’s administration for waging war and occupying Iraq. Given his strong language, it is not at all clear whether Prime Ministerelect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will succeed in his somewhat contradictory approach. On four occasions in the last week, he has described the U.S.-led war in Iraq as a disaster and vowed to withdraw

Spain’s 1,300 troops from Iraq unless the United Nations gives the troops a clear mandate by the end of June. His most recent declaration came in an interview published in Sunday’s issue of El Pais, in which Zapatero branded the situation in Iraq as “neocolonial” because the U.S.-led coalition was acting without international agreement. “The war in Iraq was a huge mistake,” he said in the interview. “There was no motive. It was done without international consensus, and the management of the occupation has been a disaster.” He also made clear that Spain’s goal

forge a common European foreign to counterbalance the power of the United States, a policy that is certain to be opposed in Washington by an administration that insists on dealing with individual countries. “It is Europe that must have a great relationship with the United States before any individual country,” Zapatero told El Pais. “That will make Europe strong.” At the same time, however, Zapatero is struggling to give Washington the impression that Spain looks forward to a good relationship with an historic ally after terrorist attacks on March 11 that left more than 200 people dead. to

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Taiwan election may conflict with China by

Joseph Kahn

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TAIPEI, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s hairbreadth victory in a disputed election seems likely to deepen political and ethnic tensions among the Taiwanese people, political experts say, and may increase the chances of a future confrontation with mainland China. Chen’s narrow win has prompted a legal challenge from the opposition Nationalist Party and at least raised the possibility that the election could be overturned in court. Leading a campaign that stressed Taiwan’s separateness from mainland China, he won Saturday’s election by fewer than 30,000 votes out of more than 13 million cast, defeating

Lien Chan, who advocated easing tensions with Beijing. Assuming, as many experts here do, that Chen will stay in office, even if the Nationalists challenge his legitimacy, the close election puts him deeply in debt to his most hard-line political allies. A vocal coalition of supporters backed him on the expectation that he will achieve formal independence for the island within four years. Chen is likely to rely heavily on the United States to make sure that China does not use military force to topple him from power. Though Washington recognizes China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan, it has also vowed to defend the island against a Chinese attack. SEE TAIWAN ON PAGE 9

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NEWS IN BRIEF New premier of Malaysia gains mandate The major Islamic party in Malaysia lost significant ground in parliamentary and state elections Sunday as the governing coalition of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi coasted to victory.

Children's deaths cause violence in Kosovo

Thousands of mourners gathered at hilltop cemetery Sunday in Cabra, Serbia-Montenegroto bury two ethnic Albanian boys whose drowning sparked Kosovo's deadliest violence in five years.

Case against tobacco Industry heightens Cigarette lawsuit is becoming the biggest civil racketeering trial in history. Repeated efforts to get the $2BO billion case dismissed have failed with an attempt by the Bush administration to negotiate a settlement.

War on terrorism difficult to wage in courts In Berlin, the war against terrorism suffers legal setbacks in prosecuting suspected al-Qaeda members.The U.S. is reluctant to let witnesses in

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Lesbian minister receives mixed responses Sunday, the acquittal of a lesbian Methodist pastor charged with violating church doctrine drew praise and scorn across the denomination that is divided over homosexuality.

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Longoria uncontested for CS&A Julia Stoleerg and lan Crouch

communication comes in; we have to decide as a University, where is the line?” While Longoria emphasized the imporSophomore biomedical engineering tance of safety in his plans, he also pointed major Jesse Longoria is not your typical introverted engineer. to the need to return the committee’s attention to athletics. One project he said was A native of Germantown, Tenn., Longoria has served as president of his freshman particularly important was calling for the renovation of East Campus athletic facilities. dormitory and president of the sophomore class. Now he is the sole candidate for vice The “little things” about student life are also on Longoria’s mind, including adding president for campus services and athletics a computer cluster in the Bryan Center and in the March 30 Duke Student Government executive elections. subsidizing salt for icy sidewalks during the winter. Longoria was elected as an at-large candidate at the beginning of the spring seAs a senator, Longoria has played an acTHE AGENDA: mester, and said he ran for the position to tive role on the facilities and athletics comEnhance communicamittee, working closely with Niejelow on isexperience the organization for himself. tion between DSG and “The only thing I knew about DSG was student groups sues such as Central Campus planning, the West Campus Student Center, the Perkins what I read in the paper—a lot of times it’s Card readers for bathnot very good,” he explained. “Instead of rooms, more blue lights Library renovation and improving lighting on campus. Niejelow noted Longoria’s inexhaving other people’s opinions be my Improve East Campus perience within DSC, but said his enthusiopinion, [I wanted] to make an opinion athletic facilities for myself.” asm would be an asset to his leadership. Computer cluster in “He’s still very new to the committee and A current member of the facilities and that will be a challenge for him,” said athletics committee—which with this elec- the Bryan Center tion season is changing into the campus Salt for icy sidewalks Niejelow. ‘Jesse is definitely growing in his services and athletics committee—Longo- in the winter leadership experience. I think Jesse—because he is excited and energetic and in ria said his overall goal for the committee will be to improve communication between DSG and the tune with the student body —will accomplish a lot of the student body, an action the committee could most effecgoals I have not been able to finish and new goals that he comes up with.” tively complete. “Facilities and athletics, as opposed to the other vice Head Line Monitor Donald Wine, who worked with presidents’ [roles], has a responsibility to keep up the Longoria during the past basketball season, praised his communication with the student groups,” Longoria said. balanced leadership persona. “He’s a very had worker,” Wine said. “He’s very pas“I feel like a lot of student groups resent what DSG is sionate [and] on top of things. He can be friendly, but at doing because they aren’t involved in it at all.” Longoria said his specific plans for CS&A consist of the same time he knows what to do when he needs to get continuing attention to on-campus safety, refocusing the his point across.” committee’s attention on athletics and garnering student opinion concerning the future ofcentral campus. He also noted the recently approved restructuring of the committee, which will expand to include oversight of the Duke From staff reports University Student Dining Advisory Committee. Citing current Vice President of Facilities and AthletJunior Aaron Dinin has pulled out of the race for ics Alexander Niejelow’s commitment to safety during his Duke Student Government president, citing satisfaction with the option affored by his opponents, fellow juniors tenure, Longoria said he would continue expanding safeinitiatives. He to the need for card Pasha pointed specifically Madji and Anthony Vitarelli. ty readers on all dormitory bathroom doors and blue zone “I wanted to run to represent a group of people I felt security. While Longoria said campus security was vital, he wasn’t being represented in DSG’s past. I feel Anthony added that he wanted to avoid going too far. and Pasha are great guys and are representing me and the student body well and either of them will be great “Safety is a touchy issue—as you make the campus candidates.” more safe, you run the risk of imposing a lot of rules on students,” Longoria said. “That’s another thing where Executive elections are slated for March 30. by

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Promiscuity unaffected by Plan B offering by Cindy Yee THE CHRONICLE

Although the availability ofemergency contraceptives like Plan B has made some people more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behaviors, student health officials and Duke Educational Leaders in Sexual Health say most students who use Plan B do so responsibly. “The idea of using Plan B just so you don’thave to have safe sex is definitely out there, but I don’t know how prevalent it is,” said Jean Hanson, assistant director of student health. “Every year we may have one person that comes in several times for it, and with that person we wonder what’s really going on. But generally speaking, my perception is that people are using it very appropriately.” Senior Sourave Sengupta, who has worked to educate students about sexual health since he was a freshman, noted that the same seems to be true of college students nationwide. He said studies at colleges have shown that less than 5 percent ofwomen who received a prescription for Plan B returned for another prescription. “It’s not like we’re seeing a huge run on the product as birth control,” he said. Plan B was recently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and may soon be available without a prescription. If taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse, it can reduce the risk of pregnancy by 89 percent. Senior Jenna Williams-Bader, peer educator president and a member of DELISH, echoed the sentiment that Plan B is being used responsibly at Duke. “For most people who have used it, I think it was just a one-time mistake they wanted to take care of, like a broken condom,” she said. ‘They didn’t say beforehand, ‘Well, I can be careless because 1 can go take Plan B tomorrow.’'’ She acknowleged, however, that there may be a few students who use Plan B regularly as a form of contraception, but said “these are people who are going to be engaging in dangerous activities anyway, whether or not Plan B is around.” Although Plan B has been available at the Student Health Center since November 2000, Williams-Bader said most students do not have enough information about the product to make use of it. Hanson reported that the pharmacy dispensed 162 SEE PLAN B ON PAGE 10

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Thus far, Madey impact small by

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Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to consider an appeal of a key lawsuit verdict against the University, the “devastating” effects on research many predicted have not come to pass. However, administrators said they remain concerned about possible constraints on University research and the specter of cosdy legal battles in the future. The lawsuit came from a former Duke physics professor, John Madey, who claimed that the University was violating patent law by continuing to run his patent-protected Free Electron Laser Laboratory after he was dismissed in 1997. The University countered that it could legally use the lab and its contents under the “research exception,” which allows scientists and others conducting experiments to use devices, research tools or procedures that are covered by patents held by other parties, as long as those researchers are using the patented objects or technologies for non-business purposes. A federal district court in Greensboro sided with Duke, but thatverdict was overturned by a Washington, D.C., appeals SEE MADEY ON PAGE 12

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There is a crucial difference in the case of two-year-old Joshua, a Durham resident balding leukemia, and the majority of approximately 30,000 padents in the United States with leukemia, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and sickle cell disease who, at any given time, turn to the Nadonal Marrow Donor Registry for a match that could save their life While Caucasian patients—who comprise more than half of the registry—have an 80 percent chance of finding a match, the odds for a minority patient can be as low as one in a million. Since Joshua is African-American, his fate will lie in the marrow of those mere 7.76 percent registered African-American donors. The Duke Red Cross Club is bringing the fight for Joshua’s life to campus by sponsoring the Minority Bone Marrow Registry Drive, a two-day event beginning Friday in the Bryan Center. The goal of the event is not just to try to help Joshua, but also to increase the low percentage of registered minority donors—6.l2 percent are Asian, 8.16 percent are Hispanic and only 2.04 percent are multiracial. The main reason for the low minority participation is due to a lack of awareness and a general misconception of the procedure, said senior Sandeep Kishore, chair of the Duke Red Cross Club Cultural Diversity Committee. “The process of marrow-typing is simple, painless and misunderstood. Many

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people actually think they’ll have to have surgery in the Bryan Center if they donate. That’s simply not true,” he said. “All

that we need is for you to fill out a short questionnaire and take a small blood sample from the arm, or even just a finger prick. The whole process takes less than 15 minutes.” Once willing registrants have been typed, they are entered into the national registry. Only if a match is made will the donor need to decide whether or not to go through with the transplant procedure, which includes two different options. The first option is the traditional one- to two-hour surgery that removes a part of marrow from the back of the pelvic bone while the donor is under general or local anesthesia. Surgeryrecovery is quick, as marrow replenishes naturally within four to six weeks. During the second option, called a Peripheral Blood Stem Cell donation, donors receive injections of Filgrastim for four or five consecutive days. Filgrastim is a drug that increases the number of stem cells released from the marrow into the blood stream so they can be collected. While the surgery option must take place at a hospital, the PBSC procedure can be done at a blood center. The side effects—bone and muscle pain, headache and fatigue —diminish over one to two days after the last dose of Filgrastim is given

As the minority donor pool is so small, Central Carolina Red Cross has always covered the marrow-typing fee for minority donors. However, since there has been a recent interest in donating from Caucasian students on campus, Central Carolina has agreed to pay for 25 to 30 Caucasians to be typed as well. Senior Greg Wolf, who was diagnosed with leukemia just last year when he was studying abroad in London, can personally attest to the need for participants of all races in such a drive. Wolf, who during his chemotherapy treatment at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital took classes at the University of Pennsylvania to keep up with his schoolwork, found a match in his 11year-old sister. Without the transplant, however, he would have had only a 30% chance of survival. “For those patients who don’t have a sibling,- their only hope is the registry,” Wolf said. This is the case for Joshua, as he could not find a match within the family. Thus, Duke Red Cross Club is rallying the University to increase his survival chance. “We really want this to be a effort. community [We’re] working in partnership with various minority groups such as Asian Student Association, Black Student Alliance, Latino Life, Diya, International Association and many others to try and come to together and alleviate the situation,” said Kishore. SEE DONORS ON PAGE 12

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Knight pens book on embattled years Former Duke President Douglas Knight has pub-

Gillis’s research and teaching activities focus on Wayward driver fells bushes An employee reported $650 damage to several bushes on Cirnational and international fiscal reform and envilished a memoir, “The Dancer and the Dance,” that re- ronmental policy. During his stay at Duke, he plans cuit Drive March 17. Duke police officers and grounds workers flects on his tumultuous years as the University’s fifth to work closely with the Nicholas School of the Enviresponded to the area and found seven bushes damaged due to someone driving onto the landscape. president and the circumstances that led to his forced ronment and Earth Sciences. resignation in 1969. Woman leaves pocketbook, it is taken In the book, the erudite scholar discusses his brief John Hope Franklin is honored for life’s work tenure as president and how his affiliation with academia A visitor reported her pocketbook missing. She left it in the Duke of history professor emeritus James B. came to a screeching halt amidst a backdrop of civil rights John Hope Franklin, a celebrated scholar of Duke University Medical Center waiting room at 8200 Duke conflict and internal infighting among top Duke adminis- African American and Southern history, received a Hospital at 12:45 p.m. March 17, and when she returned at trators in the 19605. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Acadelifetime achievement award from the newly formed 1:07 p.m., it was gone. The stolen items—pocketbook and my and Yale University and a former president of Character Education Foundation at a March 18 credit cards contained therein—are valued at $44. Lawrence College, Knight moved into business and foun- ceremony. dation work after his tenure at Duke turned sour. He was honored along with former University of Phone card and $lO swiped “I was pulled between what I knew the university need- North Carolina President William Friday by the An employee reported that an envelope was removed from ed over the decades and what the times demanded immefoundation, which describes its mission as “teach- a box outside a patient’s room at 5100 Duke Hospital. The endiately,” he writes. “It was a schizophrenia with only one in- ing compassion, honesty, courage, responsibility velope had been sent by a family member and contained a evitable outcome, and I would reflect on its meaning for and respect.” 100-minute phone card and $lO cash. It was last seen at 7 a.m. March 17 and discovered missing at 2:45 p.m. later that day. the that whole career had recognition my years, always in put me in a place and point of time from which there was no honorable escape.” *

Former A&S Dean Gillis plans Duke return Outgoing Rice IJniversity President Malcolm Gillis, who served as Duke’s dean of the faculty of arts and sciences from 1991 to 1993 and as a professor at Harvard University and Duke, will spend the 2004-2005 academic year on campus as visiting professor of public policy studies and distinguished research fellow for the Duke Center for International Development. “We are pleased and honored to welcome Malcolm,” said Sanford Institute for Public Policy Director Bruce Jentleson. “His scholarship and record of leadership are impressive, and it will be inspiring to have him back among us.”

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Haiti's interim leader pays visit to center of rebellion Metayer,” Latortue said as the crowd went wild. Metayer was the leader of the CanniGONAIVES, Haid bal Army street gang, and his death Sharing a platform with rebel leaders*, Haiti’s interim sparked the rebellion. leader Saturday praised the gunmen who Rebel leaders who still run Haiti’s began the uprising that chased Jean- fourth-largest city sat on a platform alongBertrand Aristide from power and even side Latortue, Organizadon of American States representative David Lee, recendy paid tribute to an assassinated gangster. About 3,000 people cheered and installed interim Cabinet ministers Bernard Gousse and retired Gen. Herard clapped for Prime Minister Gerard LaAbraham, and new Haitian police chief tortue, who held his first rally in his hometown of Gonaives, where Haid’s independLeon Charles. ence was declared 200 years ago and Rebel leader Winter Etienne, self-declared mayor of Gonaives, welcomed Lastarting point for its recent rebellion. “I ask you for a moment of silence for tortue and told the crowd his fighters all the people who fell fighting against the would surrender their weapons when a podictatorship, and especially for Amiot lice presence is restored to the city, which by Paisley Dodds THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

had about 250,000 people before the uprising erupted Feb. 5. Latortue paid tribute to Metayer and those who died fighting to oust Aristide, Haiti’s first freely elected leader. More than 300 people died, including dozens of police defending Aristide’s government. Metayer’s Cannibal Army gang ran the docks at Gonaives and was said to control drug-trafficking through the port. The gang also was believed to have been armed by Aristide to terrorize his opponents. Aristide finally had Metayer arrested last year after months of pressure from the OAS, which demanded he be tried for allegedly burning homes of opponents. Gang members rammed a tractor into the

prison to free him in September, and Metayer’s bullet-riddled and mutilated body was found days later. “They took out his eyes. They took out his heart,” Latortue said of Metayer. Metayer’s brother, Butteur, assumed leadership of the gang; he claimed Aristide ordered his brother’s killing to keep him from publicizing damaging information about him. With his death prompting the uprising that brought about Aristide’s downfall, Metayer has become a hero in the town. Many feared him. Others saw him as a Robin Hood who lavished gifts on slumdwelling Aristide supporters. SEE HAITI ON PAGE 10

Likud ministers oppose Sharon's Gaza plan by

Ramit Plushnick-Masti THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented his proposal for a Gaza Strip withdrawal to Cabinet ministers from his Likud Party on Sunday, which met significant opposition but apparently not enough to sink the plan, participants said. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, meanwhile, told a Cabinet meeting he has prepared a plan to strike hard at Hamas ahead ofany pullout, branding the Islamic militant group a strategic threat. The plan includes intensifying targeted killings of militants and stepping up army raids. In new fighting, four Hamas militants and a Palestinian woman were killed in an army raid in Gaza Sunday, day six of a new Israeli offensive triggered by a double suicide bombing last week.

Since Sharon said last month he is considering withdrawing from much of Gaza if peace efforts remain frozen, fighting has intensified in the strip, with both sides

trying to claim victory. Sharon presented his withdrawal proposal to 13 Likud ministers Sunday and promised to hold a vote on it in the full 24-member Cabinet once he has received U.S. backing. For now, President George W. Bush’s administration has withheld judgment, saying it is still studying the idea, but that it will not back any unilateral actions that could disrupt the U.S.-led “road map” peace plan. Sharon aides have met frequently in recent weeks with Bush advisers to discuss the plan. In Sunday’s meeting, it became apparent that seven or eight Likud ministers oppose the plan or will support it

only if certain conditions are met, said Uzi Landau, a minister without portfolio and one of the opponents. However, the full Cabinet, which also has ministers from both moderate and ultra-nationalist coalition parties, would likely approve the plan by one or two votes, political analysts said. Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen as the leader of the hawkish wing of Likud, gave his qualified support, and this suggested other opponents might eventually fall in line. “I wouldn’t necessarily have initiated this process, but it is already on the table,” Netanyahu said of the withdrawal plan. He said Israel should now try to minimize the security risks involved. Some Likud ministers said their support depends on U.S. guarantees to Israel. smi

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After one year of war, violence unsettles Iraq by

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The first anniverBAGHDAD, Iraq sary of the start of the war that ousted Saddam Hussein was a day like many others in Iraq: a mortar attack in a northern city, an attempt to kill a politician and news of a U.S. Marine cut down by rebel fire. Overall, Saturday was average by recent Iraqi standards. The millions of Iraqis who exulted in Saddam’s downfall did not publicly celebrate the day, nor were there street protests from those who enjoyed his patronage —partly because public gatherings are vulnerable to suicide attackers, car bombs, shootings and other violence. ’’Many Iraqis fear daily they will be caught in the crossfire of the conflict between U.S. forces and anti-American insurgents and other shadowy assailants, and said they felt more insecure now than they did before the United States launched military strikes. Sunday, two mortar rounds landed in the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition, an American official said, while a third round landed on a street outside the compound. The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was not clear if anybody was killed or wounded. Another U.S. military official said staff at the headquarters were instructed to move to bunkers following the blasts. People in the neighborhood outside the compound earlier said an explosion damaged some cars but caused no casualties. ”A rocket attack Saturday evening near the restive city of Fallujah killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded six, a U.S. military official said. ‘We expect to be the best friends to Iraqis who are trying to put their country back together. And for those who want to fight, for the foreign fighters and former regime people, they’ll regret it. We’re going to handle them very roughly,” he said. Also Saturday, the U.S. Army said a Ist Infantry Division soldier was fatally electrocuted while working on communication equipment at a military base in Baqouba, north of Baghdad. And near Taji, also north of the capital, one soldier died and two were wounded after their vehicle rolled over Thursday, the military said.

The three deaths Saturday would raise 573 U.S. service members who have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq on March 20, according to the most recent Department of Defense figures. Of those 391 died as a result of hostile action, and 183 died of non-hostile causes. In other violence: —A U.S. military helicopter was shot down Friday by rebels near the town of Amariya, west of Baghdad. The two crewmen escaped injury and the helicopter was recovered, said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy director ofU.S. military operations. —lnsurgents fired four mortar rounds at the offices of a Kurdish political party in the northern city of Mosul Saturday but missed and killed a driver on a nearby street, Iraqi police said. Guards fired at the rebels; three party members and a passerby were wounded in the shootout. —ln the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said Subhi Saber a Turkish politician, survived an assassination attempt Saturday. Assailants opened fire on Saber’s car, injuring his driver, but the politician escaped. —The U.S. military said it charged six U.S. military police officers Saturday over the alleged abuse in Nov. and Dec. of about 20 Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. President George W. Bush marked the anniversary of the beginning of the war in a speech Friday at the White House, declaring that the fall of Saddam removed a source of violence and aggression. But some Baghdad residents said Iraqis were less safe. “The security situation is worse than one year ago. I cannot take my family outside at nights. When I walk in the street, I do not know when a bomb is going to explode and kill me,” said Ammar Samir, 26, who works for a private trading company. “The Americans have failed to provide security and prosperity to the Iraqi people.” Bush made his decision to go to war despite widespread international opposition. Thousands of war protesters marched in Asian, American and European cities on the first anniversary of the invasion, demanding the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Iraq.

KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan’s minister for civil aviation, who is the son of one of the country’s most powerful warlords, was killed on Sunday as fighdng broke out in Herat. It was some of the worst violence in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban more than two years ago. While accounts were conflicting over what set off the fighting, officials in Herat in western Afghanistan said it began after a failed assassination attempt against the warlord Ismail Khan, who is also the provincial governor. Khan’s son, Mir Wais Sadeq, the minister ofcivil aviation for the central government, was then killed as he led an advance on the headquarters of the commander whom he blamed for the assault on his father, said Herat’s deputy in-

telligence chief, Abdul Wahid Tawakali. The British Broadcasting Corp.’s Pashto service said the police, security and countemarcotics chiefs of Herat had also been killed, and the intelligence chief injured, after seven rocket-propelled grenades were iired at Sadeq’s convoy. Troops loyal to Khan surrounded the home and headquarters of the government commander they considered responsible for the attack, Zaher Naibzadah, and his brigade on Sunday night, and fighting was continuing. Reports that as many as 100 people had been killed were unconfirmed. “There was heavy fighting earlier—it is now reported to be sporadic,” said Omar Samad, a spokesperson for the Foreign

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stabilize several activities that were at one time on grant money, and secondly to eventually provide more support for student clubs and organizadons with [University] staffing support,” Moneta said. “[The referendum requirement] will be the same for the student portion of the activities fee —this is an administrative element.” Moneta acknowledged that he did not solicit student input before deciding on the fee increases, but noted that they had the University’s backing. He further added that the funds were factored into the 4.5 percent increase in mandatory fees approved by the Board ofTrustees in February. This isn’t new money, this is in lieu of tuition increase,” he said. “I’m trying to migrate away from tuition money—this is a tactical shift to try not to [divert] from schools the dollars that they need.” Despite Moneta’s rationale, student

leaders were upset by the announcement, which they said still merited student input. “If students want fees increased, we need a referendum from the entire student body,” said Campus Council PresidentAnthony Vitarelli, whose organization receives its funding from quad fees. “It’s disconcerdng if administrators can raise fees whenever they want.” The destination for a significant portion of the extra student activities money will be OSAF, which is currently in the midst of a major overhaul. In the first stage OSAF assumed management of student facilities on campus in addition to its responsibilities in managing student groups’ funds, said Gregg Heinselman, director of student life. In the second phase the office’s programming wing will be reworked, and in the third phase its facilities and business components will be addressed. ‘The commitment’s there from the division to [completely restructure], but the financial resources don’t exist yet to do that,” Heinselman said the day before Moneta spoke to Campus Council. Al-

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delayed in order for the University’s president-elect to be appointed first. President-elect Richard Brodhead has since been involved in the chancellor search since his appointment in December. “It was important to get the selection of the new president out first so that the new president could be involved in the decision of who the chancellor will be,” Buraess said. “And since the new president is going to be the new chancellor’s boss, you also

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$8.50 to DSG’s portion and $ll to the Union’s portion for each semester. “It’s to do a couple things, for one to

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though Heinselman said Wednesday that he was not aware of any increases to the student activities fee in the near future, Moneta said OSAF will be allocated additional funds, some of which would be directed to this improvement of support for student groups. One of the concerns raised by Union President Jonathan Bigelow was that the student activities line on students’ bursar bills is no longer completely owned by students, a distinction he considers important symbolically and practically. “Shortly after [the announcement], I requested that the Union’s fee be separated in nomenclature from the rest of the fees, and that request was denied,” he said. ‘The rationale was that the University didn’t want to have too many line items on the bill. I don’t think it’s really that hard to separate them, but there you have it.” The difficulty, Bigelow explained, is that by rolling student programming funds and administrative funds into one line item, students are no longer able to tell exactly where their fees are going. “It creates a dynamic in the student acwant the new chancellor to know who his boss will be and to see if the fit was right.” Keohane added that she thought the original time table for the chancellor announcement was probably too optimistic. “When a search begins, you really don’t know how long it will take,” she said. “You make your best guess, and we thought the end ofMarch was reasonable.” Although the announcements of Keohane and Snyderman stepping down in tandem has been unprecedented, Bumess said nobody in the administration is con-

tivities fee that I’m not sure is completely welcome,” he added. “It was always made very clear to us that Union fees could be changed without direct referenda; however, I’m not sure this makes it clear to the consumers what they’re paying for.” Although they are not direcdy related, the timing of Moneta’s announcement of the increase in fees comes on the heels of DSG’s discovery of nearly $140,000 in misplaced student activity funds over the better part of the past decade. DSG President Matt Slovik, who informed the Senate of the misplaced funds at its meeting Wednesday night, said he understood this latest fee increase because it would not be distributed by his

organization. “The way that I understand it is that [Moneta] has the power to institute new fees as he sees fit,” Slovik said, adding that he hoped the vice president would officially present the increases to DSG soon. ‘This isn’t money that is going to be distributed by DSG—DSG does not have the power to just say that we want to charge students more without their approval.” cemed with the time table for appointed Snyderman’s replacement at this point. “I don’t think we’ve had a circumstance quite like the current one before,” Burness said. “I think this is all coincidence.” Keohane has been the University’s president for 11 years and announced her decision to step down last February, and Snyderman has been the chancellor of health affairs for 15 years and announced his decision last March. *

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In a crucial ACC opener, No. 5 Duke (10-1, 1-0 in the ACC) dominated No. 7 North Carolina (13-4,0-1) with a 7-0 victory under windy conditions. The Blue Devils extended their 22 home-game winstreak, making it known to opponents why they call Ambler Stadium their house. Duke has not lost a match at home in more than two years. The match started out slowly for the Blue Devils, who were trailing all three doubles matches in the early stages. North Carolina delivered the first blow, as its No. 26 ranked tandem of Aniela Mojzis and Kendall Cline nearly swept Duke’s number one slot duo of Tory Zawacki and Julia Smith 8-1. A mass of North Carolina fans in attendance roared in approval. The Blue Devils doubles team of Amanda Johnson and Saras Arasu evened the doubles standings with an 8-4 win, causing the Tar Heel fans to grow quieter. The doubles point rested on the shoulders ofDuke’s freshman duo of Jennifer Zika and Kristin Cargill. Dodging a late Tar Heel rally, Zika and Cargill remained solid as they capped their match 8-6 to award Duke the lone doubles point. Ambler was now filled with Just the sounds of silence. In the singles matches, Duke could not be stopped after it won all of the first sets. Three-time All American Johnson easily defeated No. 16 Mojzis 6-3, 6-1 to

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right now.” Duke’s freshman trio of Cargill, Zawacki and Zika proved to be plenty experienced, having won all three of their singles matches. Zika claimed her eighth singles win in a row by a margin of 7-5, 36,1-0. Zawacki downed No. 81 Cline, 6-2, 5-7, 1-0. “The freshman have done a great job for us,” said head coach Jamie Ashworth. “This was their first UNC match and first ACC match everything is new for them and they are doing a great job of handling it.” Adding to the margin, Arasu and Smith defeated their opponents 7-5, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-2 respectively. “The conditions were tough; it was cold out with a little bit of wind, and it’s real easy to use that as an excuse,” said Ashworth. “It was 7-0, but some of those scores were fairly close, and I thought that after big points and big games, we were mentally tough.” “We didn’t break at all. That was good to see. It wasn't a day where you could hit the ball really well, just because of the wind and stuff, so you had to compete ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE well. You had to stay focused and we were able to do that really well.” Amanda Johnson and the women's tennis team opened itsACC schedule with a win over UNC Sunday.

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It was just a simple flick of the wrist, a reaction to a referee’s whistle signifying the start of a faceoff, but it was enough enough to propel the ball beyond the reach of Duke's players and into North Carolina's possession. Thus began the sudden-death overtime period in Saturday's rivalry match between Duke's men's lacrosse team {4-2, 0-2 in the ACC) and its arch-nemesis North Carolina before 1,462 mostly partisan spectators at Koskinen Stadium. With possession, the No. 8 Tar Heels (5-1, 1-0 in the ACC) would find a weak spot in No. 5 Duke’s defense a little more than a minute later, capture a 10-9 overtime victory on junior midfielder Lance Zimmerman's low bounce shot and rush the field in celebration, turning Koskinen's field into a powder blue explosion of flying helmets and pads. But before the heroics and the histrionics, the Blue Devils' defeat really occurred 63 seconds earlier in the faceoff circle, where North Carolina's Kevin Frew denied Duke the ball in the same fashion he had been doing all day. There were 22 faceoffs in the game. North Carolina's Frew controlled 18 of them. In addition, the Blue Devils did not win a single faceoff after halftime. "Our guys didn't do very well, I'll tell you that," Duke head Coach Mike Pressler said. "[l’m] Disappointed. They were 18 out of 22. 18 out 0f...22." Since the graduation of All-American Kevin Cassese, who handled most of the team’s faceoffs in 2003, the Blue Devils have struggled within the faceoff circle. Entering the North Carolina game, Duke was winning a very underwhelming 52 percent of its faceoffs, often against weaker teams. "Our Achilles heel is we have to start wining faceoffs around here," Pressler said. "That was our one area of concern coming in." For Duke, the manner in which the contest ended was a disappointing finish to a hard-fought lacrosse game between archrivals. Neither team held more than a one-goal lead throughout the entire game, and there were nine ties before Zimmeran ended it. For most of the contest, a team would trail by a goal, then score two to reclaim the advantage only to surrender it again. "That's a game of heart," Pressler said. "The Carolina game is not decided by the coaches, but by the players. We got a bad bounce there at the end. We had our -

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In the final tournament of one of the successful seasons in Duke wrestling history, four Blue Devils competed in the NCAA Championships this weekend. None of the four placed in the top eight in his respective weight class, but the team was satisfied with the way its season ended. “This is such a tough tournament, and there are so many great wresders here,” head coach Clar Anderson said. “I thought we did a good job and just lost some tough matches.” Junior Frank Comely had the most successful tournament of any Blue Devil, winning two matches before bowing out. “Frank wrestled his best Wrestling of the year,” Anderson said. “I was very pleased with his performance here. It was his best tournament ofhis college career.” Cornely’s weekend began with a 22-7 loss at the hands of top-seeded and eventual champion Greg Jones from West Virginia, but he did not let the loss dishearten him. He earned a solid 9-3 decision over Hofstra’s Brad Christie in his next match and then won 6-5 over Rider’s Nick Catone, a wrestler who had soundly defeated Comely earlier in the year. His season came to an end with a 5-4 loss to eventual seventh-place finisher Kurt Backes from lowa St. Comely who was leading most of the way but surrendered the lead in the last two seconds of the match. Adam Benitez also found some success over the weekend, winning one match. He lost 12-4 in the opening round against seventh-seeded and fourth-place finisher Darrel Vasquez but bounced back to defeat Bloomsburg’s Bryan Hart 10-2 in the first round of the consolation bracket. He most

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Bales key for Blue Devils in blowout victory Six minutes into Sunday afternoon’s blowout victory over Northwestern State, with Duke owning a commanding 13-0 lead, the reporter sitting next to me said, “I wonder if they’ll ever score.” The Lady Demons’ Diamond Cosby responded immediately with two of her team-high 17 points on the very next possession, erasing any hope of a Blue Devil shutout. And although Cosby and Northwestern State never came close to narrowing the scoring gap, they did muster enough offense to cut Duke’s lead to a relatively modest nine points at the first official timeout. Enter reserve freshman Alison Bales, the 6-foot-7 center who provided an immediate spark for Duke on both ends of the floor. “[Bales has] been working hard all year long just waiting for her opportunity, and I think she’s making the most of it,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I’m very proud of her for staying positive and working hard and being ready for her opportunity.” Although Bales played only eight minutes in the first half, she collected four points on two-of-two shooting, four rebounds, three blocks, one assist and one steal. For the game she poured in nine points, grabbed six boards and had five rejections, which far exceeded her season averages in those categories. “Alison has been making huge steps in practice,” senior forward kiss Tillis said. “She’s being more aggressive and coming along really well. That’s what we need from her.” Duke undoubtedly would have been fine with or without Bales’ contribution yesterday, but her productivity could be a key asset as the Blue Devils advance deeper into the NCAA tournament, especially if fellow freshman Brittany Hunter continues to struggle from the effects of a torn meniscus suffered in November’s victory over Purdue. Prior to her injury, Hunter was an early candidate for national freshman of the year honors, averaging 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, three blocks and three steals per game. However, after missing four weeks of action, Hunter’s minutes and productivity have been limited in her comeback as her knee continues to flare up. “Brittany has only practiced with us once since the ACC tournament, and after that day her knew swelled up like a football and she had to have it drained,” Goestenkors said. “We knew not to count on Brittany, so we’ve really been focusing on Ally, in that knowing that we need some post spot, and Ally has responded.” Bales will be needed to spell starting center Mistie Bass and fill the void in the middle if Bass gets into foul trouble. The Blue Devils do have the 6-foot-5 Tillis as an option down low, but having big bodies like Bass and Bales in the post allows the versatile forward to utilize her myriad skills away from the basket. “I feel like Alison really has the potential to step up for us [in the tournament],” said Bass, who is happy to have another option inside. “It’s definitely a great thing when you’re not the only post player in the lane where all the attention is focused on just one person. If you’re not open or you get double teamed and there’s another post player right next to you, you can go ahead and just dish it to them.” Bales, for her part, is enjoying her chance to contribute to the Blue Devils’ postseason success. “It’s great to be a part of such an awesome school and an awesome program,” she said. “Our goal is to go all the way, so whatever I can do to help I will.”

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three steals “I told the team that the greatest statistic for me was that we had 30 assists on 37 baskets,” Goestenkors said. “I think that shows how willing we are to share the ball and trust each other.” Northwestern State made a run as soon as they began to score, pulling to within seven on an 11-point run entirely engineered by guards La’Terrica Dobin and Diamond Cosby. Cosby, seemingly the only player able to confound the Blue Devil defense, had 15 points in the first frame en route to 17 total points. Duke was able to stop the NSU run by using a half-

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shut down Dobin, a 5-foot-4 point guard. At one point, with roughly five minutes to play in the first half, Duke stole the ball on four consecutive Lady Demon possessions, causing Dobin to throw the ball away on the fifth attempt. “It was pretty difficult: all I saw were numbers onjerseysI didn’t even see faces,” Dobin said. “I guess I wasn’t as prepared as I thought I’d be.” After the Blue Devils leapt out to a 51-23 halftime lead, the game was never in doubt. The most excitement from the crowd of 6,504 came when reserve Dana Morgan scored the 99th and 100th points on a late-game layup. The Blue Devils will next face No. 9 Marquette, which beat eighth-seeded Old Dominion 67-64. to

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Young blood set the pace for Duke Saturday when the track team competed at the Tar Heel Opener in Chapel Hill. Two school records were broken both by freshman. Beth Maher turned in a memorable performance in the javelin with a distance of 132-9, placing fourth in the competition. Maher also tied the school record for the shot-put with a mark of 42-8.25, which was good enough for third. “I was really excited because it was the first time I had ever [thrown a javelin in competition],” Maher said. “I began practicing in September when I came to school.” Maher will need a mark of 139-10 in the javelin throw to earn a trip to the NCAAs. In the hammer throw Kelly Reynolds set a Blue Devil record of her own with a toss of 166-4, which placed her second overall. Both Maher and Reynolds qualified for the ECAC Championships and are focused on improving their distances in order to qualify for the NCAA Championships in June. “It was a pretty decent throw for me,” Reynolds said. “But hopefully I will throw much farther. I’m aiming for 190, which I need to qualify for the NCAAs.” The Duke women also had two other top-three finishes. Sophomore Tiara Monroe finished third in the triple jump —

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SophomoreKatie Ness just missed qualifying for the finals of the NCAA tournament in Texas this weekend.

Ness competes at NCAAs but fails to make finals in events From staff reports In her final meet of the 2003-2004 swimming season, sophomore Katie Ness represented Duke in both the 200-yard IM and 100-yard butterfly—the two events in which she earned her second all-ACC honors—at the 2004 NCAA Championships at College Station, Texas. Ness’ championship appearance is added to an already impressive resume that includes an ACC Championship—Duke’s first since 1981—in the 200 IM, six individual school records and four Duke relay records. The Worthington, Ohio native has achieved all this despite being sidelined with a knee injury that caused her to miss the first half of this season. Thursday afternoon Ness fell justshort of qualifying for the consolation finals in the 200 IM. The sophomore finished 18th in the

with a time of 2:14.13, just .23 seconds slower than 16th place finisher Tricia Harm of Georgia, the last swimmer to qualify for that evening’s runner-up heat. The gold medal was eventually won byKirsty Coventry of Auburn, who set an NCAA record with a time of 2:09.34. Friday Ness finished the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:01.37, good for 30th overall. Dana Kirk of Stanford and Natalie Coughlin of California split the championship honors in the event, both finishing in 57.69 seconds, a meet record. Ness had also qualified to swim in the 200 freestyle event, but decided instead to take the day off in order to prepare for a meet on Sunday that could possibly provide her with a spot in U.S. Olympic Trials. The results of this meet were not available at the time of publication. event

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with a distance of 35-8.5, and senior Ifey Anoliefo claimed third in the long jump, notching a mark of 17-9. The highlight on the men’s side was the 4xloo team of Brett Morrell, Ben Kittleson, Dan King and Marc Winniford. The quartet finished with an IC4A qualifying time of 41:95, which was also the fourth best time Duke has ever registered in the event. “I think we were all a little bit surprised by how well we did,” Morrell said. “We thought we could definitely qualify [for the IC4As], but I don’t think any of us expected us to run as fast as we did.” Morrell also placed second in the long jump with a distance of 21-4.75. The Blue Devils also performed well in the steeplechase. Erik Amdisen placed first with a time of 9:36.34, and Pat Parish finished with a time of 10:04.26. Despite the fact that a lot of the members of Duke’s Track and Field team didn’t perform in Chapel Hill, it was a time for the freshman to show off. “We definitely have a real talented freshman class this year,” Morrell said. ‘We’re looking good because there are a lot ofyoung people that are only going to get better.” Most of the track and field team will be competing in the Raleigh Relays next SEE TRACK ON PAGE 11

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RALEIGH With a little over six minutes to play in the first half of the men’s basketball team’s second-round NCAA game against eighth-seeded Seton Hall Saturday, Shavlik Randolph reminded the Pirates why Duke had been awarded a No. 1 seed. The 6-foot-10 forward, who scored eight points on 4-of-5 shooting, gathered up a loose ball on the baseline, leapt up in the air and fully extended himself to the hoop over Seton Hall forward Kelly Whitney. Randolph then threw down a ferocious dunk that pushed the Blue Devil lead to 18. With that play, the sixth man showed the eighth seed why Duke can be in the hunt for its fourth national title when the Blue Devils have all their players in synch. The Duke squad was certainly in synch during the 90-62 victory Saturday afternoon at the RBC Center with strong play from both starters and reserves. Most encouraging was the slick shooting of sophomore guard JJ. Redick, who tallied 21 points, going 6-for-10 from the field and a perfect 7-for-7 from the freeline. More importantly, 17 of Redick’s points came in the first half, when Seton Hall was still hanging in the game. “It makes a great difference [when Redick’s shot is effective],” said junior Daniel Ewing, who scored 11 points despite committing three fouls in the first half. “Today he carried us for most of the first half when I was in foul trouble and I wasn’t playing as well; the other team has to respect everybody on the court when he’s out there.” The win came over a Pirate crew that was still visibly fatigued from its Thursday late-night, come-from-behind victory over Arizona. All-Big East guard Andre Barrett, Seton Hall’s star player and the catalyst ofits firstround comeback, was held scoreless in the first half Saturday. The task of guarding Barrett, who finished with eight points, fell to sophomore defensive specialist Sean Dockery and senior point guard Chris Duhon, who logged 32 minutes despite a lingering rib injury sustained the ACC during Championship game. “I thought Duhon had one of the most courageous performances,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He led them so well; I think the other guys just picked it up because he’s out there with them.” The Duke attack started out with quick results, as the Blue

Devils leapt to an early advantage. The fireworks were high-

lighted by Randolph’s aggressive

dunk and Redick’s 4-for-4 shooting performance to begin the game. Redick’s first basket was especially impressive, as the sophomore hit a mid-range jumper off the dribble, sending the ball over the outstretched arm of Barrett. Barrett was ineffective at both ends of the floor, as his paltry scoring was matched by his botched defense. The Duke backcourt logged 47 points, despite an attack that mainly focused on inside scoring during the game’s second half. “[Barrett was hampered by] the combination of Chris and Sean and also our big guys stepping in so he couldn’t turn the corner on us,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s one of the top-10 players in the country, and I don’t think he scored in the first half. Once we got them in foul trouble in the second half we started running motion, driving, we hardly took a three-point shot. We were just driving, trying to get fouled or to score or both.” After Duke had staked an early lead, Seton Hall seemed to be mounting a comeback, scoring nine unanswered points to bring itself within nine of the lead. Redick then nailed a long jumper from in front of the Pirate bench. He followed that basket up by hitting freshman power forward Luol Deng with an inbounds pass that Deng converted in the paint. The two baskets were the beginning of a 16-4 run that put the game out of Seton Hall’s reach. The spurt also put Seton Hall coach Louis Orr’s team in foul trouble, and four Pirates, including three starters, had four or more fouls by the game’s end. This situation allowed Duke to dominate Seton Hall inside, with Deng logging 20 points and seven rebounds. Shelden Williams had 13 points and 11 rebounds and combined with Randolph and Deng to shut down the offense of the Pirate frontcourt. The starting forwards and center for Seton Hall combined for a meager 23 points and eight rebounds. “When you’re playing against a great team and they’re playing well, you need to have your ‘A’ Game,” Orr said. “We didn’t.” Duke next faces No. 5 Illinois, which upset fourth-seeded Cincinnati 92-68 in Columbus, Ohio. Sunday. The Illini were led by guard Deron Williams, who hit his first seven shots en route to 31 points and seven assists.

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Three ACC teams move on After sending a conference record-tying six the Big Dance and all six defeating lower-ranked opponents in the first round, three league schools, Duke, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, are continuing on to the Sweet 16. N.C. State, North Carolina and Maryland each lost, failing to pull out tight games. Coming into the tournament, conventional wisdom said ACC teams should have an edge in tight matchups after battling through a grueling and competitive season. This played out to some extent this weekend with both Wake Forest and Georgia Tech advancing in games that went down to the wire. However, Maryland and UNC mounted valiant comebacks, but ultimately lost. N.C. State fell as well, also unable to hit a shot to win. —JMP teams to

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Luol Deng was Duke's second-leading scorer in the team's win over Seton Hall Saturday afternoon at the RBC Center. Deng finished with 20 points.

Redick and Deng lift Duke to victory The first half was winding to a close, and Duke’s early stream of buckets had run dry. The Blue Devils had shredded Seton Hall’s man-to-man defense in jumping out to a 37-19 lead, but the Pirates’ switch to a zone defense left Duke scrambling for a basket. With the small Seton Hall contingent roaring, the momentum swinging rapidly, and the Pirates threatening to scavenge their way back-into the game at the half, the Blue Devils turned to the two players who tormented Seton Hall time and again Saturday afternoon: a resurgent JJ. Redick and a mature-beyondhis-years Luol Deng. Redick wielded the first dagger. After the Pirates clawed to within 37-28 and looked primed to cut even further into Duke’s lead in the final minute of the half, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t hesitate in calling Redick’s number in search of the team’s first points in over four minutes. With 47 seconds left, Redick ran the baseline, curled around a screen on die wing, and buried a long three-pointer. Shoodng slump? Gone. “I can’t remember what I said to Chris [in the huddle after the big shot],” said Redick, who poured in 21 points. “I just know that Coach called a two-for-one. I came around the baseline. I pretty much had the idea in my mind that I was going to shoot the ball.” The Blue Devils weren’t done yet. After forcing a missed shot by former

Dukie and current Pirate Andre Sweet, the Blue Devils drew a foul with eight seconds remaining. The inbounds pass from the baseline went to Deng at the freethrow line. The precocious freshman turned, shot, and buried a jumper—Laettner-esque while being fouled. Seton Hall threat? Gone. “We got to the last minute of the first half, and we used a two-for-one, and we outscored them 5-0,” Krzyzewski said. ‘That gave us the momentum... and then we started out right in the second half.” Redick and Deng, who combined to score 41 of Duke’s 90 points, set the tone from the outset. Deng got the Blue Devils on the scoreboard with a short jumper 46 seconds into the contest. One minute and two missed Seton Hall shots later, Redick swished a 15-foot jump shot, sending notice to everyone from North Carolina to New Jersey that any shooting slump was ancient history. With that, the Blue Devils had a lead they would relinquish only once more, for a mere 21 seconds. For Redick in particular, getting off to such a blistering start was critical. The sophomore guard is a streaky shooter to begin with, and of late the streak hasn’t been of the good sort. In the six games leading up to the NCAA Tournament, Redick—quite likely the best shooter in the nation—shot a putrid 31-percent from the field, including 22 percent from his holy ground beyond the three-point line. Even Redick admits the slump was messing with his head. Think it was important for him to hit his shots early in the game Saturday? “I'm a rhythm player,” Redick said. “If I can hit my first shotand start out in a good rhythm right away, then I am usually going to be successful for the rest of the game.”

Fortunately, Redick’s rhythm was right on from the get-go, as he poured in 17 first-half points—none more important than the last-minute three-pointerleading the Blue Devils to a 14-point! time advantage. “It really makes a difference,” jm Daniel Ewing said. “It opens up a loi things for our offense, especially if h hitting a couple in a row. We pretty mi know that if he gets on a streak, we an going to go back to him and see if he can keep it going.” While Redick’s shooting draws the headlines, Deng’s do-it-all game serve: as the glue holding the Blue Devils together. The freshman tallied 20 poin and seven rebounds, providing an i: side presence and athleticism thai Seton Hall simply couldn’t match. Deng is averaging 17.5 points and 6 rebounds in the first two rounds of the tournament, showing no signs of being intimidated by March’s Madness. Those may not be Carmelo-like numbers, but if Deng and the Blue Devils keep playing as they did in Raleigh, the 6-foot-8 forward may become the second freshman in as many years to lead his team to a title. Saturday’s contest was only the fourth time this season Duke has had a pair of 20-point scorers, and the second time the Redick-Deng duo has pulled the trick. The Blue Devils are tough to beat even when they aren’t playing their best, but if Redick’s shots keep falling, Deng keeps being Deng, Shelden Williams keeps owning the paint and Duhon keeps orchestrating the whole show, the rest of the field will be hard-pressed to keep Krzyzewski and Duhon from earning their second title in four years.

Fans from College Park to Salt Lake City, from Manhattan to El Paso, were poised to celebrate their team’s game winning shot. Across the country, teams held the ball for the last look. Yet something went repeatedly wrong during the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament... every “buzzer beater”—9 in all—missed. Maybe the basketball gods were tired of shining on Stanford, and Carolina’s defensive performance simply did not warrant a last-minute reprieve, but fans yearned for one act ofred-light heroism that just did not come. In a weekend full of upsets—two No. Is, and two No. 2s were sent home—the images that March Madness is famous for—Laettner, Edny and Bryce Drew were noticeably absent. ICC —

Randolph makes Ms presence felt When Shavlik Randolph arrived on campus a year and a half ago, he was the linchpin of Duke's vaunted six-man recruiting class. The immediate stardom expected of Randolph proved elusive, however; he averaged only 6.5 points ,nd 4.5 rebounds this season as ike's sixth man while fellow »homoresJ.J. Redick and Shelden liams established themselves as CC performers, and freshman ird Luol Deng leapfrogged him rotation. dolph, however, busted out in a ly in his return home to Raleigh ie first two rounds of the NCAA ament. The 6-foot-10 forward, tallied a whopping two points in ames in Raleigh vs. N.C. State the r o years, put up 20 points and 'cards against Alabama State. In ;ond game against Seton Hall, iph had eight points and five ds, but his impact went beyond line. Ted Mann

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2004 NCAA ticket lottery for the third and fourth rounds: Undergraduate and graduate/professional students may enter the lottery by signing up in 315 Crowell Building (East Campus) Monday March 22 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. You must present a valid student ID (DukeCard) at that time and you can only sign up for yourself. The cost of a tickets to both rounds, regardless of Duke’s participation, is $llO, which must be paid as either cash or check when entering the lottery.

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It took eight years for the Duke men’s tennis ACC win streak to end, and when jt did yesterday against Florida State, it took a grueling three-hour singles match to do so. With the score even at three, in the final match of the afternoon, Peter Rodrigues lost to FSU’s Chris Westerhof in three sets. Westerhof took the first set 6-4, and Rodrigues took the second 6-3, to bring the match into a third set, which Westerhof won 6-3. Starting out, it was just another ACC match for Duke in Tallahassee, Fla. The team was riding a 3-0 spring break road trip to California and had jumped into the fourth spot in the national polls. However, after the Seminoles fought back from a 3-1 Duke edge to win 4-3, this regular ACC competition became the first ACC loss for the Blue Devils since 1996, ending their 58-match conference winning streak. “All season long we’ve been right there knocking on the door and today we finally did it,” Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said, about winning against topten competition. Duke swung to an early 2-0 lead, sweeping the doubles matches and winning at No. 5 singles. At No. 1 doubles, the fourth-ranked pair of Ludovic Walter and Jason Zimmermann edged out No. 22 Westerhof and Jeff Groslimond 9-7. No. 9 Phillip King and Jonathan Stokke recorded a 8-6 win at the second doubles spot with Stephen Amritraj and Rodrigues rounding out the doubles sweep. At No. 5 singles, Zimmermann defeated Chip Webb 64, 6-1. Florida State fought back against the deficit, winning at the first singles spot. The match pinned the last two ACC Players of the Year—Duke’s No. 11 King and FSU’s Mat Cloer, the nation’s No. 20 singles player—against each other. After winning the first set, Cloer was down 5-3 in the second set, only to come back to win 7-5, securing the first point of the afternoon for FSU. Duke scored the next point with a win at No. 6 singles in which Christopher Brown defeated Joao Paolo Bounassar 64, 64. Duke again had a two-point lead but, for the second time in two days, FSU rookie Jonathas Sucupira upset a top-30 player. His upset against Duke took the form of a 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 7 Walter at the second singles spot. FSU evened the score at 3 apiece with a three-set win at No. 4 singles. Duke’s Stokke won the first set 6-3 over FSU’s Groslimond. Groslimond evened the match with a 6-3 win in the second set. The third set was back and forth between the two opponents with Groslimond leading 3-1 after holding serve twice, and Stokke then going ahead 4-3. However, after

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The men's tennis team, currently the No. 4 team in the country, saw its 58match winning streak within theACC come to an end Sunday in Florida. to win the set 64. With this three-set win behind them, FSU turned to the No. 3 singles spot, with Westerhof earning a three-set victory for the team. “Chris has been in a position a couple of times this year where he could have won the match for us, but ended up losing, so it was great to see him come through with a victory for us,” Hultquist said. This match served as the beginning of a pivotal ACC stretch for the Blue Devils, who now have a three-day break before traveling to Wake Forest for their second offour straight ACC matches.

tying at four, Groslimond took the lead

No. 14 Texas, No. 20 lowa, Kansas State and Southern Methodist over the three-day competition and took home the Longhorn Invitational Trophy, which is awarded by the Texas coaches to the most outstanding visiting crew. ‘We really established our presence this weekend,” novice coach Emily Egge said. ‘We’ve never been this fast this early. We have a faster team than we’ve ever had in the history of the program.... We’re right on track to go to the NCAA’s.” The first and second varsity eights combined for a 7-1 record over the weekend. The first varsity eight swept the competition, defeating all four opponents. The second varsity eight went 3-1 and started off its meet by besting Texas in a close race that was determined by a half-second differential. ‘The most exciting race of the meet was our first race against Texas,” assistant coach Jim Lister said. “I think that was a wake up call to Texas that Duke was ready to race.” Although the third varsity eight and varsity four lost to the Longhorns, and despite the fact that Texas avenged its earlier loss by defeating the Duke second varsity eight later in the competition, the Blue Devils’ two victories against the host team still were notable. “Doing well against a highly ranked opponent that was in NCAA’s last year sets the stage for the rest of the season,”Lister said. The third varsity eight and varsity four struggled to a 1-6 record. Fatigue became a factor in the two events since sophomore Leah Frank-Finney and senior Courtney Triffletti raced in both boats. “[Frank-Finney and Triffletti] went above and beyond this weekend and showed their dedication to their teammates,” Egge said.

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Smith and Blue Devils get back on track by

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With a tremendous win at the Stanford Invitational to close out the fall, the Blue Devils appeared ready to make a strong charge during the spring season. Unfortunately, a 14thplace finish at the Mercedes Championship in Florida and a 16thplace finish at the Puerto Rico Classic has set Duke back a bit. But after this weekend’s performance at the Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, GA, the Blue Devils demonstrated that despite their early struggles, they still have a lot of fight left in them. By shooting a 54-hole score of 872, Duke was able to take home fourth-place honors-only the third time this year that it has found itself in the top-five. En route to this finish, the Blue Devils beat out five teams in the top-25 including second ranked Clemson. The only teams finishing better this weekend than Duke were the number one-ranked Florida Gators, who won the tournament with a score of 859, the Georgia Bulldogs who shot 869 and the South Carolina Gamecocks who scored an 871.

In its strong performance, Duke was led by sophomore Nathan Smith who posted a stellar fourth-place finish with a three round total of 213. Smith played well all weekend, shooting three scores at par or better. He opened up the tournament with a 71 and a 72 leaving him 13 shots behind the leader in a tie for 17th place. But during the final round when winds were high as well as the scores, Smith finished the round two-under par. Smith’s 70 was not only his best score of the tournament but the second best score posted during the final round. Following closely behind the strong play of Smith were sophomore Alex Wilson and seniors Rob Beasley and Mike Castleforte-all who finished in the top-25. Wilson had the lowest round of the tournament for the Blue Devils, carding a four-under par 68 during his first round. Closing out the Blue Devils was freshman James Dickey, playing in only his second collegiate event. He finished 73rd. Duke returns home to Durham to prepare for the Cleveland/Augusta State Invitational back in Georgia in two weekends.

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Freshman Meghan Ferguson and her team spent most ofSunday playing catch-up with Georgetown.

The clock ran out on Duke’s comeback chances Sunday as Meghan Walters’ goal with just 30 seconds to go left the Blue Devils still one point shy of Georgetown. No. 4 Duke (5-3) lost its second straight match, falling to the second-ranked Hoyas (5-0) by a score of 9-8. Earlier in the week, top-ranked Princeton defeated the Blue Devils 12-5. “There was definitely progress from our Princeton game,” Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “We made a lot of mistakes today, and it’s something we can fix but we have to work on it the next two weeks.” Georgetown scored first, when just two minutes into the game, Sarah Oliphant connected on a goal from the right side. Duke tied up the contest when Kristy Dirks found the back of the net on a long shot from the top of the circle. Georgetown went on a surge later in the period, scoring three goals in less than two minutes, including one from Anouk Peters, who scored three times.Before the half ended, the Blue Devils closed the gap to just three when Katie Chrest spun to get away from her defender and made a sidearm shot for the first of her two goals. “We came out a little flat and that was one of our problems,” freshman Leigh Jester said. “We kind of dug ourselves in a hole. If we could keep going and build on one goal, two goals, obviously that would help us instead of

everyone just standing around.” In the second half, the two teams traded scores until the Blue Devils, facing a 7-3 deficit and 18 minutes remaining, went on a run. Kristen Waagbo found teammate Stefanie Sparks streaking down the middle for an easy goal. Then Jester was able to capitalize on a Duke ffee-position shot for the first time all afternoon. The team had missed on the previous three uncontested opportunities, while Georgetown went two-for-three on its freeposition shots. After winning the ensuing faceoff, the Blue Devils found Corinne Broesler open on the left side of the goal. She made a quick spin to the middle and beat Hoyas goalie Sarah Robinson to put Duke within one goal for the first time since the opening minutes. “We put ourselves in the position where we had to make that run,” Chrest said. “It comes down to playing with heart and attitude, and they had it today, and we didn’t. We had it at dmes but we didn’t have it for the full game.” The momentum of that run was quickly lost as Georgetown regained a three-goal margin with scores from juniors Catherine Elbe and Allison Chambers. The Blue Devils refused to go away and showed some resiliency even while the Hoyas tried to stall and run down the clock. With Georgetown slowing the pace, Katie Chrest took advantage of one of the few opporSEE W. LAX ON PAGE 11

Duke takes 2-of-3 against No. 17 N.C. State by

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ally well, but some of the plays from the rest of the team really helped. I was able to pitch well because of them.” The Wolfpack’s starter, Vern Sterry, pitched eight innings, struck out five batters and walked three after only walking one batter in his previous 26 innings. Duke handed Sterry his first loss in 15 decisions, snapping his

State (15-6, 1-2), the first series Duke has taken from the Wolfpack in three years. The Blue Devils fell Friday night to the Wolfpack—they were unable to generate any offense school record. Unlike Friday’s game, the Blue Devils were able to get a against N.C. State pitching standout Michael Rogers—but two of runs on the board early. In the second inning, games. back to take the couple remaining jumped In the Wolfpack’s commanding 8-1 victory Friday, with two outs and a runner on first, Corey Whiting singled Rogers kept Duke scoreless for six innings. While the to center field. In the next at bat, Sterry overthrew first starter silenced the Blue Devils’ offense, N.C. State was when he tried to pick off Whiting, allowing Bryan Smith to able to score eight runs in the first score from second base. Michael Golom then ripped a deep triple into five innings—four of which came in BASEBALL the fifth. right-center field, scoring Whiting. WEEKEND SERIES Smith also collected an RBI in the “I thought Michael Rogers was abthird inning, as he singled through the solutely outstanding,” Duke head left side to score Javier Socorro. coach Bilk Hillier said. “We didn’t With the series tied at one game touch Rogers until the seventh inapiece, the two teams were ready for a ning. That’s not because of our hitshowdown Sunday afternoon. In a 74 ting; that’s great pitching. We made comeback win, Duke scored all seven some mistakes defensively, which you can’t do against a good team. I’m not runs in the last four innings. The WolfN.C. State Duke 1: 1 8, Game with our You pack jumped to an early 2-0 lead with hitting. disappointed have to give credit to Rogers.” Game 2; Duke 3, N.C. State 1 runs in the first two innings. However, Burke was able to Though N.C. State dominated FriGame 3: Duke 7, N.C. State 4 Duke’sthestarter Gregfrom keep Wolfpack scoring again day’s game, Duke pitcher Tim Layden struck out a career-high 10 batters in only five innings. Layuntil the seventh inning. den also took a potential no-hitter from Rogers in the sev“I thought Greg Burke pitched a great game,” Hillier enth inning with a single to rightfield, and subsequentiy said. “He gave up one unearned run in the first inning and scored Duke’s sole run of the game. an earned run in the second. Then he settled down and When the teams returned to Doak Field Saturday, Zach pitched awesome. And Billy Muldowney came in a did a Schreiber was on the mound and the Blue Devils found a great job in relief.” little more success against the Wolfpack, winning the game Muldowney faced nine batters in two innings, gave up 3-1. Pitching a complete game and allowing only one run, one earned run and struck out two batters. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils exploded at the plate in the Schreiber struck out eight batters, a career-high for the seniof righty. He snapped the Wollpack’s Matt Camp and late innings of Sunday’s game. Jonathan Anderson led off David Hicks’ hitting streaks at 15 and 10, games respecthe sixth inning with a home run to rightfield. Then in the seventh, Duke tied the score at two when Kyle Silver scored tively, keeping N.C. State’s offense under control. The defense behind Schreiber was excellent, not committing a off a wild pitch. However, N.C. State answered in the bottom of the the same inning with a run, pulling ahead 3-2. single error. “There was a good defense behind me and helped me,” SEE SERIES WIN ON PAGE 10 Schreiber said. “I felt good on the mound, and I pitched re-

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the game and whittled away the clock by zipping the ball around the perimeter. But they didn’t get any good shots on goal —a disap-

chances, made a couple of defensive blunders that cost a little bit, but we had the ball in the last minute and didn't get a shot. And that was disappointing." And although the season is early and the defeat still fresh in its mind, Duke now has to face the reality of being 0-2 in ACC play with only one more conference game remaining. (The ACC is a four-team conference in men’s lacrosse.) The Blue Devils travel to Virginia in April. Freshmen midfielder Peter Lamade led Duke with three goals and two assists. Senior attackmen Chris Haunss also found the back of the net on three occasions. Duke's leading scorer, freshmen attackmen Matt Danowski, was held to one assist and harassed into making several turnovers by the Tar Heels' senior defensemen Ronnie Staines. "When you lose to your arch-rival in overtime, nothing's pleasant," Pressler said. “[lt was one] hell of a lacrosse game on both sides. Our guys played their tails off.” Despite the final outcome, at the end of regulation the stage was set for a Duke victory. The Blue Devils had the ball in their offensive zone for the last three minutes of

pointment, said Pressler. "We wanted to make sure the ball didn't go down to the other end," Pressler said. "We could get them in a zone any time we wanted to. We had them in zone defense there in the last minute of the game, and we didn't get a shot." Pressler praised Aaron Fenton for the senior's play between the pipes. After competing with freshman Dan Loftus for the starting position in practice earlier this year, Fenton seems to have solidified his hold on the starting job. The Wynnewood, Pa. native made 19 saves, including several on shots from inclose. He also turned back a North Carolina shot from point-blank with four minutes left and the game tied at 9-9. "Fenton's been terrific all year," Pressler said. "No fault of Aaron on that last one." Before the game, there was a moment of silence held in honor of George Boiardi, a Cornell defensemen who died last Wednesday after being struck in the chest with a shot. The Cornell team, which was scheduled to play North Carolina Tuesday prior to the game’s cancellation, was in attendance Saturday.

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SERIES WIN from page 9 In the eighth inning, Duke finally took the lead. Layden doubled to right field and reached third on a throwing error, scoring Javier Socorro, who had been hit by a pitch. Layden then took home on a passed ball. Muldowney came in to pitch the eighth for Duke and retired three straight batters. With a one-run advantage entering the ninth inning, the Blue Devils looked to give their freshman pitcher a little cushion. Tony Bajoczky pinch hit for Silver and doubled to left field. Senterrio Landrum

pinch ran for him at second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Adam Murray was hit by a pitch and Jonathan Anderson popped up to the shortstop for the second out of the inning. With runners on the comers, Javier Socorro took N.C. State’s Joey Devine long with a three-run shot to leftcenter field. Though N.C. State scored a run off two hits in the ninth, Duke was able to hold on to win. “Going into the ACC schedule, these are the most important games to win,” Schreiber said. “Because the ACC is probably one of the top baseball conferences in the nation, anytime you win a series in the ACC, it’s something to be proud of.”

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WRESTLING from page 3 lost 12-5 in the

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Jorgenson to end his weekend. “Adam looked really good in his win,” Anderson said. “He was winning in that last match and ended up losing a tough one but he had a good tournament.” In the 125 pound weight class, freshman Christian Smith had a tough draw and lost

his first two matches. Smith was defeated 20-7 in the opening round to Illinois’ Kyle Ott, the eventual second-place finisher. He then lost 10-7 in the consolation bracket to Christian Staylor of Arizona St, after leading for much of the match. Smith finished the season with a 30-14 overall record in the first year of his Duke career. “Christian has had a wonderful season,” Anderson said. “He just made a few freshman mistakes, the first time all season he has done that, and at this level they just

W.LAX from page 9 tunities in the last five minutes by bouncing a shot past the goalie. Duke then stole the ball with 2:30 left on the clock, but just

as it did much of the afternoon, turned the ball over with bad ball control. With half a minute remaining and a free shot, Blue Devil Michelle Menser passed the ball to teammate Walters, who ripped a shot into the goal. Duke gained control of the following

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Katie Laschinger and the women's lacrosse team fell to No. 2 Georgetown yesterday at home.

capitalize on it.” Levi Craig was Duke’s fourth wrestler at the tournament, competing in the 174 pound weight class. Craig—who finished the season with a 21-20 record—lost his first match 8-2 to Matt Kallai and then fell to Pittsburgh’s Francis lorfidol3-3 in the consolation bracket. The four wresders are the most ever sent by Duke to the NCAA Championships, but the Blue Devils are not content with the way their seasonTmished. Anderson hopes his team will use its experience from this year to help it in sea-

sons to come. “We had four of the 10 ACC champions this year, and they are all returning next year,” he said. “Hopefully they realize now the level of competition [at nationals], and they believe they belong there and will do the extra work needed to perform better. I’m very excited for the future of Duke wrestling.” faceoff, but Walters could not connect on her shot. The Blue Devils failed to score on their second chance as well and time expired as Coach Kimel argued for a penalty that was not called, After exerting so much energy only to come up short, the team looked visibly upset by the loss but seemed determined to learn from it. “Georgetown’s always a tough opponent, but we took steps forward from the Princeton game,” Chrest said. “We’re taking it day by day. It’s a marathon not a sprint.”

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SPAIN from page 2 In an interview with Spanish television Thursday evening, he said that when Pres-

ident Bush called to congratulate him for his victory, “I said I wanted to maintain the best relations with the United States. We are two allies, two countries and inevitably there will be some things we do not agree upon.” He added, “I respect George Bush,” but said that “the United States has to respect other people’s opinions.” In a first sign of the shape of his foreign policy, Zapatero has chosen Miguel Angel Moratinos, a veteran career diplomat and former high-ranking European Union official with long experience in the Middle East, as his foreign minister. In a telephone conversation with Secretary ofState Colin Powell Friday, Moratinos said that Spain wants to open a dialogue as soon as possible and forge a common strategy in the war on terrorism. Powell “expressed the desire to work with the same intensity and good relations he had with my predecessor and that for the United States, Spain is a key strategic ally,” Moratinos said in a telephone interview Sunday. “I reassured him that our intention is to maintain the best relationship and to even reinforce the relationship. Of course we have certain differences on Iraq, but we also have the common objective of the war on terrorism and we’re not going to spare any effort to make it a success.” In an interview last week, Moratinos captured the contradiction facing Spain’s

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Socialists. He said that the terror attacks prove that Spain “needs the United States more than ever;” then he added, “We are not going to say, ‘Since we are small and you are big, we’re not going to respond to our people.’” Moratinos said he has accepted Powell’s invitation to to visit Washington as soon as the new government is in place, which should be before the end of April. Moratinos, 52, is a well-known figure in Washington. A former ambassador to Israel, he served for seven years as the top Middle East aide to Javier Solana, the chief foreign policy advisor at the European Union who served as Spain’s foreign minister under the last Socialist government. Moratinos resigned about three months ago to work on Zapatero’s campaign. Moratinos knows most of the players throughout the Middle East well; he happened to be with Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat during the terror attacks of Sept. 11; among the congratulatory messages he has received in the past week was one from Daniel Kurzer, the U.S. ambassador to Israel. In the hours after the terror attacks of March 11, Moratinos telephoned his contacts in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco and by the next day had told the party leadership the consensus was that it seemed to be the work of al-Qaida, not, as the ruling center-right government believed, the Basque separatist group ETA. The perception that the government was not fully truthful contributed to the Socialist victory in the election last Sunday.

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Chen, who suffered a gunshot wound on the eve of an election in what police called an attempted assassination, has spoken in almost messianic terms about his mission for a second term. In what might be interpreted as defiance both to his would-be assassin and to China, Chen declared Saturday that, “No matter what direction the bullets come from, A-bian will not be defeated.” He often refers to himself by his nickname, A-bian. “One thing is for sure about Chen Shui-bian: He is determined to be the founding father of a new nation by 2008,” said Yan Xuetong, a prominent Chinese foreign policy expert at Qinghua University in Beijing. ‘The question for China is where it will draw the line, and how it will act to stop him.” Yan said it was a small consolation to China that two referendum questions on relations with the mainland that were held along with the presidential poll did not achieve the required voter participation to be considered valid, despite Chen’s strong support. But he said he doubts that Chen will stop puting forward referendums on sensitive topics and may even make them a regular feature of Taiwanese politics. Chen sometimes promised during the campaign to take a softer approach to managing mainland relations and played down promises to draft a new constitution for the island. “Let us together open the

alogue and negotiations,” he said in his victory speech Saturday night.

Even if he does intend to move Taiwan toward formal independence, he will face important constraints. One is the fact that his Democratic Progressive Party does not control a majority of seats in Taiwan’s parliament. Another is that President George W. Bush has made clear that he will not support any steps by Chen to change the status quo in cross-Strait relations. A third could be that the still powerful Nationalist Party, which had been given a slight edge in the election by pollsters until the attack on Chen, now will work even harder to thwart his agenda. But analysts noted that the dominant campaign theme of Chen and his allies was that they are the best promoters of Taiwan’s national identity. They sometimes disparaged rivals as representing the interests of Beijing, drawing sharp ethnic lines between Chinese mainlanders who arrived when Chiang Kaishek’s Nationalists fled to Taiwan in 1949 and those who consider themselves native Taiwanese. Chen’s re-election, however narrow, showed that he had increased his share of the vote to 50.11 percent from 39 percent in 2000, when he won his first term by a plurality. “This election was really the point of no return for Taiwanese identity,” said Philip Yang, a political expert at Taiwan Security Research “It gives Chen a mandate on that question.”

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PLAN B from page 3 Plan Bs from March 1, 2003, to February 29, 2004. This figure does not include those dispensed by nurses on weekends or evenings, but the number of additional prescriptions is thought to be small. “Plan B is not a big pharmaceutical product, so it’s not well-publicized because it’s not produced by a huge forprofit company,” said senior Sourav Sengupta. “There’s a lot of fear about possible side effects, so if anything, there’s a question of, ‘Do I really want to use this at all?’ rather than a sense that people are overusing it.” Sengupta said that, on a nationwide level, many people who seek abortions say they did not know about their emergency contraception options or were too scared to use them when they could. Student health’s confidence that students do not misuse emergency contracep-

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lives is reflected in a confidence that, even were Plan B offered as an over-the-counter medicadon, Duke students would not interpret its increased availability as a license to throw caution to the wind. “At a place like Duke, students can already get ahold of Plan B within 24 hours at any point,” said Rebecca Griesse, a health education specialist in student health, noting that students who might abuse the over-the-counter designation could already have done so under the University’s system. “Most students seem to be using Plan B responsibly already, and I don’t think that would change if it were over-the-counter. Emergency contraceptives and their accompanying potential for increased highrisk behaviors are by no means new to the Duke. The Student Health Center started offering emergency contraceptives in the form of Ovral in August 1996. In 2000, the “morning-after” policy was altered to include advance prescriptions.

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Thousands of them have fled the city since the Feb. 5

gunbattle in which Metayer’s men killed several police officers and torched government buildings. Lee said Latortue’s visit symbolized “a return of authority.” But Charles acknowledged the city would continue to be run by rebels until a police presence is re-established. About 150 French Legionnaires rolled into Gonaives on Friday. On Saturday they remained behind the walls of the State University, where they set up camp. Another 200 French troops went to Cap-Haitien, the rebelheld northern port of 500,000 that is Haiti’s second largest city, In Gonaives, rebels swapped their looted police gear for civilian clothes when the French arrived, and stopped strutting around town with assault rifles.

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Student health officials at the time said they recognized that emergency contraceptives could be used inappropriately, noting that they would provide counseling for women who repeatedly used the pill. With the emergence of Plan B—an emergency contraceptive that, like Ovral, reduces the risk of pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after having unprotected sex concerns again surfaced, especially given the gentle nature of Plan B when compared to its predecessors. “Plan B’s most common side effects are nausea, abdominal pain, fatigues and headaches, but that happens to only a very small percentage of people who use it,” said Rebecca Griesse, a health education specialist in student health. “With the old emergency contraceptives, people would be sick for a day or two.” As with students who consistently used Ovral, student health has vowed to educate women who seem to rely too heavily on Plan B as a form of contraception. —

The French mission is to allow relief organizations to deliver food and medicines disrupted by the rebellion. In Port-au-Prince, police said Saturday they arrested Amanus Mayette, a former Aristide legislator and alleged leader of the “Clean Sweep” gang accused of killing dozens of people last month in St. Marc, a port town between Gonaives and the capital. American missionary Terry Snow said attackers forced victims—including women and children—into houses before setting them ablaze On Saturday, as the visitors were enjoying a buffet lunch, Butteur Metayer arrived in a looted police all-terrain vehicle and laid down a dozen rusty weapons wrapped in a Haitian flag —two machine guns but mainly World War 11-era M-l assault rifles and shotguns. “We are not handing them over because we are scared. But we were fighting against Aristide and not against the Republic of Haiti,” Metayer said. Later, he told The Associated Press the rebellion could return.

“When two people decide not to use a condom, there’s not just a risk of pregnancy, so Plan B isn’t a perfect fix for all the problems that can come up,” Griesse said. “You also have to worry about sexually transmitted diseases.” Hanson noted that there are a significant number of HIV cases in North Carolina college communities right now. “You don’t want to get pregnant when you’re not planning on it, but in terms of potential disease, HIV is life-threatening, and an emergency contraceptive isn’t going to do anything about that,” she said. Griesse added that sexual intercourse that leads to Plan B usage “generally just is not a healthy way to have sexual relations with anyone.” Consistent usage of emergency contraceptives, she said, points to a lack of open communication. “People need to talk about what... they are going to do to protect themselves from pregnancy or STDs,” Griesse said.

“Our plan is to keep working with the government, (but) if the government cannot work with us, we will overthrow it,” he said. Latortue acknowledged the weapons handover was “just a symbolic gesture.” “Obviously we have weapons spread throughout the country, and many people still believe they can’t give (up) all of their weapons,” he told the AP. “But the symbolism of what happened today is very important.” Lee, asked how he felt about the praise for Amiot Metayer, said, “We’re trying to encourage reconciliation.” At the rally earlier, Latortue promised a better life, saying his government would ensure clean drinking water in Gonaives, provide medical equipment and build at least 100 homes and a four-lane highway. People shouted they also needed working telephones and electricity. Latortue urged patience: “I cannot give you everything at once and I will not lie to you.”

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ter being sent to the faculty warning them about the change in the law and much internal discussion among administrators court and remained when the Supreme and faculty members. Despite the buzz, there has been no change in research acCourt did not consider the case. Administrators fear that the pro- tivity or official policy so far, since to some Madey ruling will make research more ex- extent, there is little the University can pensive as scholars have to confirm that practically do to get within the presumed none of their research tools are being realm of legality. “Almost everything—at least in the biused in violation of patents. Worse still for the University is the possibility that a ological sciences—every lab in the Unipatent holder could file suit against Duke versity is probably infringing,” said Vice for such a violation. Provost for Research James Siedow. “If So far, Provost Peter Lange said the suddenly the floodgates are open, I don’t University has only received a few letters know how you handle it. If everybody’s baregarding the possibly inappropriate use sically saying, ‘You need to pay a fee for my technology,’ there wouldn’t be of protected technologies, but that nothing has come of the inquiries. He said he enough money to pay all the fees.” The apparent death of the research exnevertheless has some concerns. “It’s hovering out there,” he said about ception for universities could have a nathe possibility of legal action against the tional reach far beyond Duke. Last year, University. “We talked about what might more than two dozen universities and acbe appropriate ways to approach or remeademic organizations signed amicus dy the situation.... Everybody’s kind of briefs supporting Duke and asking the looking and thinking.” Supreme Court to take the Madey case. Discussions about the issue have taken Other universities, such as the Univerplace on the issue at every level of the sity of California, have received letters similar to those received at Duke, but University, with University and Duke University Medical Center representatives Lange said he had not heard ofother unimeeting in August to chart a course, a let- versities changing policies so far.

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Inspired by Joshua’s bleak situation, sophomore Steven Lin,. Cultural Diversity Committee assistant chair, has composed an original solo piano album and will donate all proceeds to the Duke Pediatric Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program. His album, which costs $B, is entided “Dreams” and will be on sale this week.

The cause has also found support from other University community members. To kick off the “Dreams Initiative,” Jack Chao, owner of the Wilson Recreational Center juice bar Quenchers, has agreed to join the “Initiative” and sell 25 copies. “I thought Steven was doing a good thing and the Red Cross is doing a great job,” said Chao. “I want to help out and do my part by [providing for sale] the copies to my customers.”

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IRAQ from page 7 hold elections this summer, the violence underscores how fragile the country’s stability remains after two decades of war. Sadeq is the second civil aviation and tourism minister, and the third government minister, to be killed since President Hamid Karzai’s interim administration took office in Dec. 2001. Abdul Rahman, an aviation and tourism minister, was killed in Kabul in Feb. 2002. Haji Qadeer, a vice president and minister of public works, was also assassinated that year. The U.S. Embassy released a statement Sunday night saying that “Afghans must not let the success of the last two years be put in jeopardy by this incident.” The embassy said it believed the clash had begun with a “traffic incident,” and said that its Provincial Reconstruction Team, a mix of civilian and military personnel based in Herat, had evacuated the German diplomatic staff from its office to the team’s site. Herat, which is about 75 miles from the Iranian border, has been largely peaceful, not least because Khan, with a large private army and extensive intelligence network, has kept tight control over dissidents and potential enemies. His firm hold on power and unwillingness to permit free political activity have been seen in Kabul as obstacles to free and fair elections, and his refusal to submit fully to the rule of the central government has been viewed as an impediment to the rebuilding of the country. Attempts had been under way in recent days to dislodge him from his seat ofpower, Afghan officials said in interviews. Khan was in Kabul this week and met several times with Karzai to discuss Khan’s future, and to resolve a lingering dispute over whether Herat was fully sharing with the central government the customs revenues from its lucrative border crossings with Iran. Several senior Afghan officials have said recently that they were considering moving Khan to another province. Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador here, said Saturday that he, too, had recendy met withKhan and that offering him a job with the central government —which would bring him to Kabul —was also under consideration. to

Until last year, Khan was governor and corps commander in Herat. In an effort to diminish his power, the central government insisted that he give up one of the posts, and he retained the governorship. Samad said Naibzadah had been appointed corps commander by the central government six or seven months ago, although other accounts said he was only a brigade commander. Khan was a famous and feared commander whose resistance to the Soviet invasion brought the Soviets’ wrath to Herat but made him a legend to its people. He had been governor in Herat before the Taliban took the city in 1995, was imprisoned by them, and then escaped from prison and took refuge in Iran. He returned in triumph—with the help of Naibzadah—in November 2001, and proclaimed himself emir, along with governor and corps commander, in Herat. Both men are members of Jamaate-Islami, a hard-line religious party. To the chagrin of many residents of Herat, a historically liberal city that was once a cultural crossroads for Persia and central Asia, he had upon his return imposed a rigid form of religious conservatism, in which women were discouraged from working and vice monitors controlled the streets. His son was brought into a Cabinet meant to be inclusive of all of Afghanistan’s factions and ethnic groups. Khan and his family are ethnic Tajiks. On Sunday afternoon, Khan was in a Herat park, the Bagh-e-Melat, when men opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles about 5:30 p.m., Tawakali, the deputy intelligence chief, said. Some men were detained and apparently implicated Naibzadah. “He is responsible,” Tawakali said. As Sadeq, the minister, and others headed to the commander’s headquarters, they came under attack. Tawakali said that Khan had not been injured—and that Khan, a grizzled commander now in his late 50s, was leading his forces in battle Sunday night. Samad said the Afghan defense minister, Marshall Fahim, and Interior Minister Ali Jalali, would lead a delegation to Herat to ensure that a cease-fire was in place, as well as to attend Sadeq’s funeral. Reinforcements from the Afghan National Army would also be sent to keep the peace and arrest those responsible.

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discovery of $140,000 in unspent Duke Student Government funds is yet another example of the organization’s inadequacies in self-regulation and

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takes sooner. It is unfortunate that this had to happen, but DSG should at least learn from this mistake and use it as an opportunity to improve. near-loss of Although the inefficiency in properly allocating $140,000 is reprehensible, now that student group funding. This gross mismanagement of the money has been discovered, DSG must ensure that it is funds is made even STAFF EDITORIAL used wisely. Currentworse by the fact ty, it is going to be that it took DSG seven years to realize the error. DSG placed into a trust and will be distribshould never have gone so long uted through the discretion of the DSG Senate. Some of the ideas alwithout properly auditing themselves. Also, the fact that certain ready in the works for the money DSG members were told about this subsidizing tents and seating for student events or subsidizing university last spring shows that the organizabartenders —are good ones and tion knew about it unofficially beshould be developed further. fore now and did nothing about it. The money has not yet been earAlthough $140,000 is not a lot of marked for specific uses. It should money considering the overall expencertainly be put toward students, and ditures of the University, it is still a notable amount and this should never can help prevent increases in the stuhave happened. This is $140,000 that dent activities fee in the near future. student groups did not have access to DSG should also consider consulting the student body when making deciover the past seven years, and it is unabout the use of the money. this sions fortunate that students had to go long without the opportunity to utilize After all, it was the students’ money in the first place and they should benthese funds. the efit from it. The misplacement of money However, when decisions about was due, in large part, to the complex system of funding and allocation that the use of the funds are made, DSC must make sure that the money is easDSC, the Student Organization Finance Committee and the Office of ily accessible. If the Senate must pass Student Activities and Facilities use. legislation to remove the money from This is no excuse, however, and much the trust, they risk being hampered of the blame can be placed on Larry by current inefficiency, and the Moheta, who took responsibility for money might never be spent. the incident. Now that the money has been found, DSG needs to do two things: Steps need to be taken in consolidating the current financial system in never allow this type of funding mismanagement to occur again and order to ensure that such a misplacement of funds does not occur in the make sure that it is put to good use future, and DSG needs review their benefiting students. —

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Every year we may have one person that comes in several times for it, and with that person we wonder what’s really going on. But generally speaking, my perception is that people are using it very appropriately. Jean Hanson, assistant director of student health, on the use and potential abuse of the Plan B contraceptive by Duke students. See story, page 3. Est. 1905

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I was surprised to find, upon perusing the ABC Eyewitness News 11 top stories late last night, that “Students at Duke University are on edge” after a sexual assault allegedly took place on West Campus Friday night, sometime between 10:30 and 11 p.m., within sight of both the Duke Chapel and a blue-light help phone. I, a Duke sophomore and resident of West Campus, had not even heard of the rape until a friend’s father alerted her of the news story. This fact bothers me on countless levels—l was shocked at the news of the sexual assault of one of my peers, first and foremost. Aside from my initial shock, I was also disturbed that no notification of the assault was sent to the Duke community. The rape took place early on a Friday night before what turned out to be an even more socially active Saturday night. Reflecting upon my own Saturday night activities, I am scared and shaken that had events taken even a slightly different turn, I myself or any of my friends may have felt at ease walking back from Central Campus. Although the Duke University Police Department stresses the importance of awareness of personal safety on campus, the lack of communication of this disturbing incident undermines their efforts to ensure the safety of students. Though it is oft repeated that safety on campus should be a concern of the entire community, and that female students especially should be cautious and conscientious about using Saferides and not walking alone, I feel that this message is not generally at the forefront of students’ minds, and is even actively contradicted by the actions of Duke’s security personnel. Several months ago, I made a stupid decision to walk back from East Campus to West on the first Friday night of fall break. I left East Campus at 1:30 a.m. and walked along Campus Drive alone. I experienced no trouble, fortunately, but was incredibly disheartened and bewildered as I watched two Saferides

two DUPD vehicles drive by me withso much as slowing down, let alone suggesting or requiring that I let them give me a ride back to West Campus. I let this issue fall by the wayside because nothing happened, and it is unsettling to feel that one’s home is an unsafe place. However, in light of this recent and terrible event, I am ever the more disturbed. This type of occurrence has been ignored one too many times —how many students recall the sexual assaults that took place early last year and can identify any visible changes to campus security that changed student behavior toward the more cautionary? Ostensibly and on paper, on the tour and in the literature, Duke is a safe campus. Measures such as the increased presence ofSaferides vehicles in the Blue Zone and the addition of blue-light phones around the campus are important, and should be able to make a difference. The infrastructure for a safe campus is in place, but the lack of discussion that surrounds our safety, especially as females on this campus reflects a failure on the part of the University to adequately inform the students and emphasize cautionary behaviors. Although I cannot presume to know why this egregious communication failure occurred, I can say with confidence that every person on this campus should have been informed through their own University resources about the events that took place here, as soon as this information was available to the University. In short, the fact that I even address the question of why I had to find the scanty details that are available about this incident in the local news, when it so greatly impacts my life and affects the safety of my peers, is deplorable. I suppose it is a good thing that I have the News 11 website to put me appropriately “on edge.”

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So I admit it, I was duped. Like most things, the “summer job” offered by the Fund for Public Interest Research is too good to be true. Allow me to decode the flyer for you: “Summer jobs” Yeah right. I know people who flew to the location thinking they had a secure job for the summer, and then couldn’t pay their rent because in reality it only lasted a week! The three weeks I spent there was somewhat of a record! Not to mention that it was commonplace to walk in to the office on a typical morning and wonder, “Where did Bob, Sue and Peter go? They were here yesterday...” By the time I quit, knowing full well that I was about to be fired for not signing up enough people, I only had two co-workers to say good-bye to. Everyone else was gone, and I was left with memories of bonding, aka, agonizing over who’d get fired next, and what other job options were available to them. “Campaign to Save the Environment” Well, Greenpeace obviously is interested in the environment, but all that the Fund cares about is money. The Fund is hired by Greenpeace to fundraise, and their job is simply to train people to do so. You spend your mornings learning how to greet people, while being force-fed fake excitement which you are expected to replicate. The rap that they have you memorize

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lingers in your mind for months afterward, along with the images of disbelieving faces that refused to give you their credit card

number out on the streets. Your false hopes of lobbying at City Hall never materialize, and you never get to do anything that impacts policy. In fact, most days you come home feeling worthless. You work insane hours, and are consistently guilttripped us into staying late for “leadership training.” Maybe, you think, you could make a difference at least by talking to the people who stop and ask “What is Greenpeace? What's this about?” Maybe you can educate them, and get them interested in the environment. No such luck; I was specifically instructed not to “waste” my time with people who didn’t already know what Greenpeace was. “Call Terry for more details” You call, you ask for Terry, and I answer the phone and say, in my most pleasantly-practiced merry tone, “I'm sorry, Terry’s not in right now, but I can help you. Are you calling about the summer position?” As I’m saying that, I check off a box next to your name that says “New York Times.” The Fund advertises at college campuses across the nation, in an effort to recruit hardworking environmentally-minded students. Don’t let one of those students be you. Melissa Fiffer Trinity ‘O6

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To Nathan, my fellow provocateur

Dear

Nathan, in response to your tion and I learned to love books at my not all) Republicans. The two parties the Danes wearing yellow stars to protect column of March 16, no, I don’t local public library. I rely on the Environhave also colluded to ensure that no third their Jewish brethren. This story was (or heaven forbid more!) parties are able meant to make the point that an injury to feel shame that’s always seemed mental Protection Agency to keep merculike such a Puritan response. I mostly feel ry out of my water, the Food and Drug to form, leaving a majority of US voters one is an injury to all. No, the US in not flattered. Who knew I would become the Administration to keep mad cow away feeling that there is no alternative so why Berlin 1941, but it bears striking similariDCU poster girl? If I’d been aware that from me, the Forest Service to protect vote? Maybe these positions are based on ties to 1933, and to Santiago, Chile 1973, passion rather than the logic you claim I and Buenos Aires, Argentina 1976, just every letter I signed and every protest I the wilderness I enjoy, the National Endowment for the Humanities to support lack, experience rather than analysis, but before those countries descended into went to was under surveillance I’d have art that challenges me, the I’m happy to supply argumentation (and dirty wars. paid more attention to citations). National Science FoundaThe point of learning history is to not my accessorizing. tion to fund my research, By the way, isn’t it a bit disingenuous repeat it. Sorry to have lost my lightBut to move on to your Diane Nelson heartedness, I find these deadly serious and even the cops to keep to call a joke what was actually an ad femmore substantive points issues. I do, however, appreciate you apdrunk drivers off the inem attack on a fellow student in a pubGuest Commentary you suggest riddles and roads. (I’m especially lic place (the graffiti bridge) at a time plying so much energy to this in the midst errors in my letter to the keen on the local governwhen professors at UNC were receiving of March Madness, reminding your felHerald Sun. My remarks ment of San Francisco that just married death threats and there was a lot of tenlow students there’s a much bigger world were based on visiting the website adverout there. sion surrounding the war? I did sign a lettised in the students for freedom ad (I detwo of my best friends.) It is this sentiment that forces me to ter (along with dozens of other faculty cided to turn myself in and save my stuThe xoriter is an associate professor of culdents the trouble). There I found disagree with your statement that I am and students) in solidarity with that stunumerous references to Mr. Horowitz as certainly no conservative. The un-elected dent and the letter did invoke the story of tural anthropology. denizens of the White House are willfully, well as a basic blueprint for how to make political bias into a burning issue on your even gleefully, overseeing the wholesale destruction of the United States’ governcampus. It included suggestions for dements the affiliation of ability to ensure the general weltermining political party faculty and then publicizing it. It must fare of all citizens, and threatening longhave been a coincidence that a few weeks term ecological disaster. Despite the awful detritus of United later just such a campaign was undertaken at Duke. Forgive me if I .thought they States’ foreign policy to which I have might be related. I’m intrigued, however, borne witness for 20 years in my ethnographic work in Central America; despite why you feel this is a smear? Later you mention that I protest the racism, sexism, homophobia and against the US government. I must other ills this country bears; despite the face we invented Baywatch; I believe in demur and say I protest policies of a faction within the government and on this what Ralph Ellison calls the principle of point I am joined by members of the this place and these people. That is what I am struggling to conserve. State Department, the FBI, the CIA, forUnfortunately, many elected Democmer Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill, even members of the Joint rats have gone along with this program. Chiefs of Staff and George H. Bush, all of They are equally responsible for the unwhom were also opposed to the attack on told numbers of Iraqi and Afghani dead and the thousands of U.S. casualIraq (and not the usual company I keep). Too, many are just as corrupt and went ties. I fact, kind of like In I government. bought off by corporations as many (but to public school, I ride public transporta-

RAMONA QUIMBY takes on the NCAAs that time again. The NCAA basketball tournament in the air, for her constant reorders. The delivery guy had regular season opponent, and indeed a' favorite going is in full-force, and RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 38, like his own key made to her place and is allowed to use the into the tournament. However, judging from their masmany others, has been struck with a serious case of restroom and make local calls on her phone, “as long as cot, “the Cardinal,” it was clear to RAMONA that Stanford was destined for an early exit. First of all, it’s singular. HavMarch Madness. The symptoms of such a disorder are not he’s quiet.” more freing only a single cardinal to fight one’s battles greatly Phantom Voices—becoming increasingly easily identified. RAMONA spent the better part of an and have lessens the chances for victory. Secondly, is this a bird? sound like Clark They DSM-IV and found strangely Kellogg hour scouring the pages of a nothing quent. been instructing RAMONA to perform several dastardly Perhaps a member of the clergy? What’s up with the tree? published on the subject, although she is now fairly certain her “lutraphobia,” or irrational fear of otters, while acts, the most recent being to kidnap Seth Davis and force All in all, their loss was not surprising because trees are treatable, does not qualify her for priority parking in most him to play the song “One Shining Moment” by hitting a not scary or intimidating (unless one suffers from “densupermarket parking lots. Luckily, her “amaxophobia,” or spoon against glasses filled with varying amounts of water. drophobia,” which, by the way, RAMONA does). Similarly, consider the team that is perhaps the surNightmares —RAMONA’s nights are haunted by a fear of riding in automobiles, usually prevents her from of the tournament: tenth-seeded Nevada. After upprise and ruthless of Manhattan Right University and her chronic Jasper. “lachanophogiant needing to park anyway “What is setting Michigan State in the first round, Nevada went on now, are probably thinking, you makes or fear of trips bia,” vegetables, to “What does a look earn a Sweet Sixteen birth by unseating tourney faJasper a Jasper?” or to the supermarket infrequent in the The reason? Nevada’s mascot is the Wolf Well, like?” don’t think that vorite Gonzaga. if RAyou first place. So, it’s funny how things Pack. A couple ofSpartans is no match for an entire pack MONA knew the answer to these queswork out * tions, she could overcome her bad of wolves. Neither are bulldogs. Do you know what they Since March Madness has not yet dreams? That’s what we all fear the call the fear of Spartans? Neither does RAMONA —nobeen formalized as a legitimate and body’s scared of Spartans. Do you know what they call the most —the unknown. RAdisorder, allow debilitating Painful and distracting symptoms fear of wolves—nay, wolf packs? Neither does RAMONA; MONA QUIMBY to relay several of aside, RAMONA QUIMBY is greatly en- the website she’s stealing this from isn’t that comprehenthe more troubling symptoms that ;1 joying the tournament and the coundess sive. But the fear of wild animals is “agrizoophobia,” and she has experienced as a directresult Olia Qmmby, age 38 close games that have kept the competi- that’s certainly nothing to trifle with. of this ailment: Based on this system, the indisputable tournament fation riveting. Of course, the competition Muscular Atrophy —severe, alMonday Monday vorite—and the team that RAMONA is putting all her on the court over to the spectators, spills not though completely inexplicable. fills out his or her on —is the University of Alabama-Birmingham. money as everyone anxiously RAMONA has not left her couch in Don’t let the fool you; the team is referred to as office that mascot enters,them to brackets and friendly pools in 48 hours. Normal bodily functions once relegated Blazers,” “the but this is French for “totally minichance of a reward for a apparendy monetary out offer the huge have been carried when necessary in bathroom time Look for UAB little over awesome dragon-monsters.” fire-breathing a makeshift spittoon under the coffee table, and the mal buy-in cost. Last year, RAMONA got in a to and eating to trounce the fire setting novice, basketball she mistakencompetition, head; her a being college small grease fire that began in the kitchen after the first seeds, and its season regular in everything Forget venture, Las path. Vegas entered a high-stakes gambling ly while RAMONA was tater-tots in making game tipped-off records, tournament experience, effective coaching and the Fry Daddy serendipitously burned itself out. Which after defaulting on several hefty debts, was forced to explain the whole misunderstanding to a bookie who was momentum. The dragon is coming through, and if RAwas nice. but as equally expected. more than ready to “compromise the integrity of her MONA QUIMBY knows anything about dragons, he’s Weight Gain—troubling, and making horAfter polishing off two boxes of Chicken-in-a-Biskit (a kneecaps.” In the end, everyone got a good laugh, and probably flying with huge freaking wings rible noises. who has vowed to “put dragon RAMONA made a friend lifelong snack RAMONA QUIMBY lauds for its unadulterated bisIt’s enough to give anyone “dragophobia”.... Or whatcuit flavor, but resents for its relative inability to capture someone in a suitcase” if RAMONA should ever request it. ever the fear of dragons is really called. the taste of poultry in cracker form), RAMONA ordered Whatever that means. other RAMONA has This like year, just every year, Cattlemen’s delivery and hasn’t stopped yet. The restauRAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 38 wrote this column before UAB rant has since given her a giant spotlight that works like made her bracket selections based on hypothetical battles formidable beat Kentucky. Pretty cool, huh ? the bat-signal, casting a picture of El Paso Nachos 40 feet of opposing teams’ mascots. Stanford was a

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